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The moment that you become a Christian...spiritual warfare has begun for you! The word says: "For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:3-5.
Many may actually laugh at the notion of a person actually going through spiritual warfare. Those that do not have the mind of Christ may assume that you are just "going through the motions of life", it's Murphy's Law, bad luck, etc. You must understand that satan's tactics is not just to camouflage the TRUTH, but his main objective as stated in John 10:10 is nothing "but to steal, kill and destroy".
Some of you may who have recently given your life to Jesus Christ, or have been seasoned Christians wonder "what is the WORLD is going on in my life?". Questions that you ask yourself, your friends, or even God may go unanswered because the truth lies in YOU and is evident in the word of the Lord. The call God has on your life, and the deeper the anointing He has for you, will activate something in the spiritual realm, causing satan and his demons to attack you from every which way possible! So how do you know that you are fighting spiritual warfare? What are the most common red flags that a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, is facing a battle that may not be seen by the naked eye? Here are some of the most common manifestations of spiritual warfare:
1. Attacks on your finances and income - The moment you totally surrender and give your life to Jesus Christ, you will begin to have financial trouble and difficulties. satan knows that you were a wealthy Christian that has a HIGH calling on your life to seek God's Kingdom and bring other's out of the fire...finances are a necessity to travel, minister, etc.
2. Attacks on your children, friends,and loved ones - The devil loves to go for the jugular! The closet people to you, the enemy will attack by causing death, acts of witchcraft, sickness, fights, bitterness, anger, divorce, etc. 1 Peter 5:8 states: "Be clear-minded and alert. Your opponent, the devil, is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour."
3. Attacks on your MIND! - What a better way can the spirits of darkness get you by getting into your mind? Without the mind, how can we survive? You may began to get lustful thoughts, thoughts of suicide and depression, you may feel as if no one loves you or God doesn't exist, etc. Colossians 33:2 states:"Keep your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth." Isaiah 26:3 states: ""The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You." Most things that we think are other people intentionally hurting you is actually us hurting yourself. YOU can be your own worst enemy and satan knows that. Once satan has your mind...then he has YOU.
4. Attacks on your health and body - 1 Corinthians 6:19 states: "Don't you know that your body is a temple that belongs to the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit, whom you received from God, lives in you. You don't belong to yourselves." Do not find it odd or strange that you began to get sick with things that the doctor cannot diagnose or your illness has worsened. Sickness and disease slows you down physically and emotionally therefore causing you to focus on the physical manifestations rather than what God is trying to do in YOU.
The above mentioned attacks are just a few examples of what Christians must face during spiritual warfare. So how can you combat the tactics of the enemy? Read Ephesians 6:10-16! You are a true soldier in the Lord Jesus Christ. Never let anyone or anything distract you from God's purpose! Be blessed in Jesus name!
-Kaylania Chapman
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Experiencing Lonely Days? Wondering What's Going On?
Lonely Days
John 15:15- I'm no longer calling you servants because servants don't understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I've named you friends because I've let you in on everything I've heard from the Father. -The Message
Lonely days are no fun. We all have them. Whether married, single, or divorced, you will have some lonely days. But it seems that some people have more lonely days than others. It seems that those with higher callings on their lives are usually people that struggle with loneliness. It's almost like God sets you apart or calls you out of unfruitful past friendships and relationships, and then keeps you alone to himself for a short period to work things out of you. Many of us were so dependent on a man or woman in our lives that we totally ignored God and couldn't connect with him like we needed to for our callings sake. So what did God do? Take everyone away from us for a season, so we can be with him alone. But where does the loneliness come from?
Loneliness usually comes when you have developed a need for others. I know many will agree with this, because when you have spent your life living for others, depending on people to validate you, chasing friends and friendships, always needing people around to make you feel wanted or needed, then when you are suddenly alone, you feel very lonely. But if you suffer with any of these issues, loneliness is what you need! Not forever, but at least for a season.
You see, Jesus wants to be that friend you are searching for. Don't you know that God put a need for himself in your life? Your purpose lies in him, so you must know him to know YOU! Your reason for being lies in him, so you must know him to know why you are you! And when you spend your life chasing friends or using people to find yourself, all you end up doing is having a bunch of one sided relationships, or failed relationships because you are searching for answers in the wrong places. And loneliness becomes a plague to you even though being alone can be an asset. Jesus said in the Word that he is your friend and he will not leave you comfortless. Read John chapter 14 and 15 and you will see that his concern is you. He wants you to be his friend and find yourself in him! So the next time you are feeling lonely or all alone, rejoice because he is working the false friendships and relationships out of you and working on his relationship with you!....
Suggested ....Reading.... - John 14, 15, 16
By: G. Craige Lewis: Founder of Ex Eministries
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Warfare prayers against and to root out voodoo and withcraft
NOTE: THERE IS MORE POWER IN JESUS' NAME than in any name under heaven. So, take authority and deliver yourself and the captives. We have been given power over all the power of the enemy according to the Word of God. The only way satan and the demons get advantage over us is through sin and ignorance. So take up your weapons that Jesus has provided and fight the enemy in Jesus' Name.
Below are warfare prayers to fight against voodoo, root workers, conjure men, root doctors, Haitian, African, Black Southern, and any other country Witchcraft.
Some people have been around or have been exposed to what is called roots, which is nothing more than African witchcraft brought to America during the slave trading years. The following scriptures and warfare prayers will help in Deliverance when someone is bound by these things.
Exodus 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Isaiah 19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof; and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Grigri or gris-gris means to bewitch.
PRAYER: In the Name of the Lord Jesus, I take authority over the strong man of the gris-gris or grigri and command them to come out now. Also I command the objects used or sorcery used to loose its control and power over this person, family or congregation to leave now in Jesus' Name.
Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Familiar spirits in voodoo is called Loa or myster=re.
PRAYER: In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I loose myself and my family from the ancestral or family line curse of the ruling Loa or spirit and I command it broken over us and I command all demons associated with it to come out now IN JESUS' NAME.
Ezekiel 13:20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
I Samuel 8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? For the Living to the dead?
I Samuel 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Govi is the jarred souls of parents or grandparents in clay pots.
PRAYER: Father, In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I loose myself from the demons of my parents and grandparents and command the jarred demons to be turned into hell, and come out of me and my family line.
Psalm 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
PRAYER: Father, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I command the spirits in the drums that conjure up demons to be broken and come out in the Name of Jesus Christ.
PRAYER: In the Name of the Lord Jesus, I command my soul to be loosed from the earthen vessel that holds it and put back in its proper place.
Revelations 1:18 AI AM He that liveth, and was dead and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and death.
2 Timothy 4:1 AI charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom.
Ezekiel 13:19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
Ezekiel 13:23 Therefore, ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
The cross is used as a symbol for conjuration (calling demons for help). Sometimes an X is used to cross someone up.
PRAYER: In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I loose myself from spirits of confusion and command the curse of the crossed AX to be broken in the Name of Jesus. I command all demons to come out in Jesus' Name.
A child may be offered to spirits.
PRAYER: In the Name of the Lord Jesus , I set myself free from the spirits that have been offered up to at infancy and reverse them from the left hand of demonic bondage and translate them into the kingdom of God=s dear Son, who is seated on the right hand of the Father, where I am now seated also in heavenly places.
Ephesians 1:19 -21 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his might power. Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places. Far above all principality, and power, and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.
Ephesians 2:6 And hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Colosians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
PRAYER: In the Name of the Lord Jesus, I take authority over Abaddon or Appollyon rulers of the bottomless pit and I command every African, Haitian or Black Voodoo curse to be broken in the Name of Jesus Christ, and command the cross roads to be closed to me and my family line forever. I command all demons associated with this curse to come out in Jesus' Name.
PRAYER: In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I take authority over all curses in my family line due to the practice of magic done by some ancestor in the past. I command prosperity to come forth on my business, farm, cattle, and family line, in the Name of Jesus Christ.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus, I command spirits of divination, familiar spirits and death spirits to come out of me in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
PRAYER: In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I bind the spirits of Legba, Samedi, and Ghede and cast them out of me in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Also, I loose myself from the control and conjuration of the priest or priestess.
In Deliverance, a person who has been in voodoo must be sure that the Gifts of the Spirit in them are not a mixture of the old voodoo and witchcraft spirits.
PRAYER: In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I loose myself and my family members from any curses from my involvement in voodoo or black witchcraft. I command all related spirits to come out of me now, in the Name of Jesus Christ.
PRAYER: Father, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I call upon you to loose me and my family line from any spirits that have gotten into our praise and worship. I take back any part of my body that the enemy is using to mix worship with. I command spirits of rhythmic worship, hypnotic worship, trances in worship, jerking spirits, false Holy Ghost spirits, false anointing in worship, false laughing spirits, spirits of false quickening, any spirits of false holy dance to loose me and my family line now, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I only receive that which comes from the Spirit of God in worship.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I loose myself and my family line from curses coming against us from those working voodoo by burning candles, bowing down to idols, using psychic prayers and charms against me and my family line and cast these spirits out in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I also loose myself and my family line from any curses and spirits that I or a family member have opened the door to attack us in the past and cast them out in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I take authority over any curses that are being sent or that I or my family line have opened the door to by using scriptures to curse me or my family line. I cast these demons out in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I take authority over spirits of false prophecy, false gifts, and false inherited gifts of the spirit realm counterfeiting the Holy Ghost, false dreams and visions, I cast them out in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I loose myself and my family line from curses that have come on me and my family due to me or my family members dealing with occult, voodoo, witchcraft, dream books, number books, and/or sorcery that has opened the door for demons to bind us. I cast them out in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Deuteronomy 7:25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire, thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein, for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I command the power in and over the fetish to be broken and I cast out every spirit that is operating in any object and break its power over me and my family line. Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I cast out of me and my family line any demons that may have gained ground over our lives.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I take authority over spirits of python, zombie spirits and divination spirits. I command the power of the priest and priestess to be broken over me and my family line, in the Name of the Lord Jesus and I cast out all related demons in Jesus' Name.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I loose myself and my family line from any love spells sent against me or my family members. I repent of the love magic I have used against someone in the past and ask you to deliver me from these demons, in the Name of Jesus Christ. I break and loose the bondage that I have placed on any other individual by the use of spirits and command my mind, will and emotions to be restored to its proper place in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Psalm 7:1 AO Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I take my stand against all conjure balls used against me and my family line. The angels of the Lord encamps about me to deliver me and I send them to destroy the power of these conjurations. I return these curses back from where they came and cast down and cast out any demons that have been sent against me and my family. I loose myself and my family from good tricks of witchcraft or voodoo, and bad tricks of witchcraft of voodoo and trick by using body parts, whether mine or someone else=s. I command, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ any commands of witchcraft or voodoo against me or my family to be broken and its power to be destroyed in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Psalm 9:9-10 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, has not forsaken them that seek thee.
Psalm 11:6 Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their (the wicked) cup.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I break any curses done through the use of my picture by any witchcraft or voodoo worker. I command any demons to come out of me now in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Chewing the root and binding the problem or person is a type of witchcraft used in court rooms against the judge, lawyer and plaintiffs.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I break any roots worked against the judicial system and anyone involved with the Godly judgment of the judicial system. I command these spirits to leave now. I cast out and cast down their power of control on me or anyone involved. Father, I loose the protection of the Lord over all who are involved with the case or praying for it, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
A toby is a bag of witchcraft worn around the waistband or trousers or pocket to bring luck or a curse on your enemy.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I bind the power of any toby in this place that would try to control me or anyone in this room. I take authority over the demons that work through it and command them to come out in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
PRAYER: Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I repent of all involvement in voodoo, obeah, witchcraft, sorcery, divination, or conjuration that I or any of my family members have been involved in the past. Forgive me Lord when I have innocently or ignorantly gone to or carried someone else to a root worker. I command all spirits to be weakened and bound and I cast them out in the Name of Jesus. I cut off their power over me and my family line in the heavenlies and on the earth. I cast out every demon who has been summoned to curse us to come out of me now in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I command all soul destroying demons to be bound and ask the Lord to restore my soul to its proper place in the Name of Jesus. I break the curses of candle burning to dead saints, rosary prayers and statute or idol worshipping of voodoo. In the Name of Jesus I break curses of the tongue coming against me from those who are bound by voodoo or witchcraft.
DEMONS TO CAST OUT: (This is not an all inclusive list.)
In the Name of Jesus I cast out
African, Haitian and Black Voodoo and Witchcraft; spirits of infirmity that has entered because of the effects of voodoo or witchcraft. I renounce and turn against all household gods and command these demons to come out of me and my family. I command all voodoo soul destroying demons to be bound in the name of Jesus and to come out. Spirits of death and false gifts by voodoo and witchcraft, I cast you out in Jesus' Name. Demons of candle burning, rosary prayers and idol worship come out now in Jesus' Name. I command all hidden demons to come out of me in the Name of Jesus.
I command the following demons to come out of me in Jesus' Name:
Loa, familiar spirit, myster=re, govi, hougan, drums, les morts, Ruling spirit of Ogoun, St. Jacques, legba, ghede, et les marassa, dancing, manga marassa, laver tete, zombie, death ritual, fear, magic, baka, banda, assator, asson, acon, batterie maconnique, cambe, kembe, charge, chauffer, chev al ch=wl, colliel, dessounin, gagnin loa, garde, gran maitre, mambo, mange, mascarron, massissi, les mysteres, paquets congo, reler, renvoyer, ramasser, saints used as synonym for loa, verser, wanga, confusion, crossed X, papa damballa, mistress erzulie, jerking, twitching, spasms, shaking, loa racine, grand bois d=ilet, spirit of the tree, roots, superstition, maori, mwuetsi, morongo, dahomey, nanan-bouclou, St. Patrick, damballah, the chromo of lazarus, old legba, St. Ulrique, Agwe, St. Isdore, Azacca, Bline Gawd, charms, rosary, burning candles, psychic prayers, sorcery, divination, bibliomancy, false prophesy, false gifts, false inherited gifts of the spirit, false dreams and visions, fetishes, idolatry, serpent, python, Li Grand Zombi, Magnam, love potions, Monsieur Agoussou, nine day tea, potions of any kind, mind control, occult mind control, love spells, beauty rock, conjurations, conjure balls, toby or hand, Baka, Banda, Dance, Cama Kembe, Pain, Baterie Maconnique, Cev AL Ch=wl, Gagnin Loa, Garde, Gran Maitre, Colliel, Massissi, Wanga, Reler, Maori, Ogoun, Baron Samedi, Nan boublou, Erzulie, Erzulie Ge-Rouge, Rada, Petro, Rada, Obatala, Ogoun Paname, Ogoun Baye, Ogoun Badagris, Ogoun Ferei, Ogoun Shango, Dadal, Loco Roi Nago, Nago Piman, Voodoo dancing, false praise, false worship, false holy dance, false shouting, rocking backward and forward, false dancing in the spirit, burning in the stomach called the Holy Ghost, false voodoo tongues, veil over the eyes, divination, false baptism of fire, false voices, false preaching spirits, evil soul ties, fire walking, creole curses, python serpent spirits of voodoo, hoodoo, curse of roots, roots in love or lust potions, graveyard dust demons, Dr. Buzzard demons, voodoo candle burning, sickness by voodoo, death spirits of voodoo, family line curse of voodoo, fear of voodoo, curse of seeking help from voodoo or witchcraft workers, witchcraft and voodoo icing.
To stay free, start worshiping the Lord Jesus Christ, read the Word of God daily, and pray, fast and do warfare daily but most importantly do self-deliverance daily.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Deliverance From The Spiritual Of Fear
Deliverance from the Spirit of Fear
and the Root Causes of Fear
and the Root Causes of Fear
SOURCE: http://www.thevoicemagazine.com/Prayer-Spiritual_Warfare_features/freedomfear.htm
By Doris Wagner
Discover the root cause of fear and how to minister deliverance from fear, trauma, anxiety Shock and Disaster.The first meaning is "reverence or awe." Scripture tells us to "fear God." I must confess that I find this somewhat lacking in our Church culture today. I haven't figured out all of the reasons, but perhaps some folks haven't been taught enough about His greatness, holiness, power, love, knowledge, presence, forgiveness, and on and on. I feel many lack a true reverence and awe of God. If they really loved God and kept His commandments, there would be little opening for Satan to take advantage of them, hence little need for deliverance. God's commands are given to us out of love and for our own good.
The second meaning is "to be startled." This reflects the sudden jolt felt by a person when a loud noise, such as a horn blast from a nearby semi-truck, warning of immediate danger, occurs.
The third meaning is "that which causes flight." This happens when there is a healthy fear of some dangerous thing, such as a rattlesnake – truly enough to make one head off in the opposite direction with great speed. Being startled is a sudden fear of harm that calls for immediate action.
The fourth translation of fear comes from the Greek word phobeo, from which we get the word "phobia." This time it means "to have a sudden gripping fear, alarm, be scared, frightened, dismayed and filled with dread, intimidated, anxious and apprehensive." It is this fourth type of fear that can be troublesome at times. It can stick with a person for a long time. Fears can also be specific. For example, we have a daughter who developed a fear of enclosed places, especially flying in an airplane. She seriously dreaded enclosed places where she would be confined for a period of time.
In dealing with a person who has a gripping, constant, debilitating fear, the first thing we ask is "What exactly is the fear and when did it start?" A huge culprit at the root of many such fears is trauma. As a matter of fact, this is what happened with our adult daughter. It did not make sense that a missionary kid who spent countless hours in lengthy overseas and domestic travel should have a fear of flying. So upon probing, we discovered why she was afraid of enclosed places.
This fear cropped up when she was accidentally locked in a walk-in freezer where she had been called to do some welding. (Yes, I said welding! She is an auto mechanic and welder by choice.) She panicked, but then was rescued in due time. As a result of the trauma she could not stand being in an enclosed place again. I prayed, addressing the spirit of trauma that had entered during the panic attack when she was in the freezer. I commanded the spirit of fear to leave, in the name of Jesus. It did.We recently had occasion to travel with her from Denver to Philadelphia (a three-hour plane flight) and I asked her how she felt. She said, "Not only was I not afraid, but I really enjoyed the trip!" Clearly, it was a case of a spirit of fear that had attached itself to that severe trauma, but it had to go when it was found out and was commanded to leave, in the name of Jesus.
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A second common entry point for a spirit of fear is the trauma caused by being victimized. I have had to learn far more than I care to about violence and trauma caused by actions such as assault with a deadly weapon, rape, and child and sexual molestation. These kinds of experiences often leave the victim filled with many different demons that have taken advantage of that traumatic experience. Let me name a few that I have met along the way: fear of the dark, anger, violence, unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, a man or woman-hating spirit, lust, severe rejection, self-hatred, a desire to die, and a myriad of fears depending upon the circumstances of the trauma.
When another person is responsible for the trauma, Satan takes further advantage of the situation by locking those emotions into fear, unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, and anger. These conditions often prevail for the rest of the victim's life if deliverance and inner healing do not take place. What's worse yet is that the demons attached to the trauma often entice the victim into victimizing others in the same way. Often victims become so distraught that they resort to suicide as hopelessness overtakes them.
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The first, and very difficult step, for the victim to take is forgiveness. Forgiveness does not condone the action, it simply removes the dreadful burden of pain from the victim. Forgiveness is a mighty weapon in deliverance. When forgiveness is extended, the above-mentioned demons must leave when they are commanded to do so, in the name of Jesus. Then, inner healing of the wounded soul can take place through prayer.
A third major entry point for spirits of fear that I have encountered is involvement in witchcraft and the occult. This can be caused by curses of witchcraft or freemasonry, or by the lies that the victim believes when told that they can never leave the occult because they have made an eternal choice by their involvement. Fear of leaving behind occult friends, practices and vows often keeps individuals in bondage, especially to fear.
The good news is that nothing is impossible with God. He has given us the tools to set captives free from spirits such as fear. They can be dealt with and dispatched. Our daughter will tell you that life is much more enjoyable being free from her fear of flying.
Doris Wagner, along with her husband Peter Wagner, founded Global Harvest Ministries. Doris serves as Executive Vice President. She authored many articles to equip believers and specializes in training up the Body of Christ for the ministry of deliverance. Visit www.globalharvest.org for more information.
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REMEMBER FOLKS: GOD DID NOT GIVE US THE SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER, LOVE AND A SOUND MIND.
Monday, May 28, 2007
GOD'S EMERGENCY LIST TELEPHONE NUMBERS
GOD'S EMERGENCY LIST TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Problem | Call: |
When in sorrow | |
When men fail you | |
When you have sinned | |
When you worry | |
When you are in danger | |
When God seems far away | |
When your faith needs stirring | |
When you are lonely and fearful | |
When you grow bitter and critical | |
When you feel down and out | |
When you want peace and rest | |
When the world seems bigger than God | |
When you want Christian assurance | |
When you leave home for labor or travel | |
When your prayers grow narrow or selfish | |
When you want courage for a task | |
When you think of investments and returns | |
If you are depressed | |
If your pocketbook is empty | |
If you are losing confidence in people | |
If people seem unkind | |
If discouraged about your work | |
If self pride/greatness takes hold | |
If you want to be fruitful | |
For understanding of Christianity | |
For a great invention/opportunity | |
For how to get along with fellow men | |
For Paul's secret to happiness | |
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For security | |
For assurance | |
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How to Handle Negative Feelings When Wronged by Someone Else
How to Handle Negative Feelings
When Wronged by Someone Else
The Bible tells us that God is asking all of His people to live on a higher level than the nonbeliever. The Bible tells us to forgive those who trespass against us, to turn the other cheek if warranted, to love our enemies, and to do good to those who will deliberately hurt us.
God is so insistent on us being able to forgive those who will hurt us, that He tells us that He will not even hear our prayers if we are holding any unforgiveness toward anyone else.
However, we all know through real life experiences, that all of the above principles are easier said than actually done. How do you handle negative feelings such as anger, bitterness, the desire to seek revenge, and sometimes outright hate towards someone who has viciously wronged you?
How do you handle and get a grip on these types of negative feelings and emotions when:
- Some drunk driver has just killed your son or your spouse
- Someone has raped or sexually abused you
- Someone has just abducted and killed your daughter or son
- Your husband has been physically abusing you for years
- Some scam artist has just stolen all of your life’s savings
- You have just found out that your spouse has been cheating on you
All of the above scenarios are torpedo shots that can knock anyone of us straight to the ground. However, how we handle these adversities and how we bounce back from them will determine the quality of our lives with what time we still have left.
If you do not get a grip on these negative emotions when they start to try and settle on the inside of you as a result of a vicious wrong - then those negative emotions will start to eat you up alive the same way cancer will eat and ravage a human body. These negative emotions will steal most, if not all of your joy, love, and peace that you have obtained as a result of your close walk with the Lord.
Some Christians will even lose their faith or their close personal relationship with God as a result of taking this kind of serious hit. They get mad at God. They start questioning God. How could He allow this wrong to occur? Why didn't He protect them?
When I first made the discovery that the Holy Spirit is alive and well on the inside of each believer and that it was His job to transmit knowledge to us, I started tapping in and asking questions on many different topics and issues.
The Bible tells us that the Holy Spirit will "teach us all things" and "guide us into all truth." The Holy Spirit can and will communicate to those who will seek after His knowledge.
I went directly to God the Father on all of the above and asked Him - how can someone possibly get a grip on some of the above scenarios where some of these attacks are so vicious and so evil? How can you ever forgive someone who has just killed a close loved one, much less ever get over the anger, wrath, and bitterness that will settle in on you as a result of this type of extreme trauma?
I believe the Lord has given me very good insight and bottom line answer on this dilemma. Again, this answer came in the form of a one-two punch - it has two sides to it.
In order to be able to truly forgive someone and to be able to truly let them go into hands of God where you can get an "inner healing" on all of the negative emotions that may have built up in you over the course of time, there are two things that each Christian must get a firm and solid grasp on. These two principles are as follows.
1. The Big Picture
The first thing each Christian must "realize and see" is what I call the big picture. You first have to step away from your problem and see things for the way they really are.
Bottom line - the time that we will all spend on this earth is just a blink of an eye compared to the time that we will all be spending in eternity once we die and cross over. Heaven is for eternity - our life on this earth is just for a very brief moment compared to the eternal time frame that is operating up in heaven.
The first thing that each Christian must get a hold of when being seriously wronged by someone else in this life is that the person who has viciously wronged you will have to come before God Almighty Himself for a personal judgment once he dies and crosses over!
The Bible tells us that not only is God our Father - but He is also a Judge. And as a Judge, He will be judging every single one of us when we die and cross over - which includes both Christians and nonbelievers.
When Christians die and cross over, the Bible tells us that we all have to appear before the judgment seat of Christ to directly face Jesus for all the good and bad things that we have ever done in this life. This judgment will not cast us into hell since we have all been saved and born again through the blood of Jesus. However, I have a very funny feeling that this judgment that will be rendered upon each Christian will somehow determine what kind of reward and place he or she will have in heaven.
Per the article I recently did titled "Rewards in Heaven," the Bible says that there will be crowns and rewards for those who have done good in this life as compared to those who have done nothing with the allotted amount of time that has been given to each one of us in this life.
If another person has seriously wronged you and they do not get this sin forgiven under the Blood of Jesus before they die - then they will have to face God’s judgment for the specific wrong they have done to you!
This is why you can let any wrong go into the hands of God. When everything is all finally said and done, God will be the final judge on all matters, and He will be the One to right all of the wrongs that have ever been done to you - whether it be from another Christian or from a nonbeliever.
The Bible tells us that "Vengeance belongs to the Lord" - not to us! It is God’s job and responsibility to right all of the wrongs ever done to us in this lifetime - not ours! God will be getting even for you!
This is why each Christian can truly let any wrongs go into the hands of God the Father. You have to believe and trust that God will properly handle each of the wrongs that have been done against you in this life.
In the case of the nonbeliever, the Bible tells us that all of them will be pulled up out of hell at the end of the 1000-year millennium to face God for what is called the Great White Throne Judgment.
The Bible says there is a Book that records all of our works and deeds that are done in this life and God will be judging each one of these nonbelievers according to all of their works and deeds. The implication is that most, if not all of them, will be thrown into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone where the smoke of their torment will ascend forever and ever.
If someone has raped you, sexually abused you, or murdered a close loved one - many of these evil people will end up being cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone - and that will be for all of eternity!
Justice will have been more than done for you in some of these more extreme cases where their final fate and end will be them being cast into the most horrible place imaginable for all of eternity!
When you watch some of these criminal court cases on TV - closure is only partially granted to the victims when the murderer has been caught and successfully tried and prosecuted. Depending on the state where the trial takes place, the convicted murderer will either get life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty if that state has it.
When the victims of these evil crimes are interviewed after the jury verdict comes in, they all say they feel some relief and some closure as a result of this person getting caught. However, the victims of these types of extreme crimes are now stuck with the task of getting their lives back in order and they will now have to deal with all of the negative emotions that have settled in on them over this course in time.
How they handle these types of negative emotions and feelings will determine the quality of their lives from here on in. If they do not get a proper grip on these intense negative emotions and some kind of inner healing on them - they will spend the rest of their earthly lives with a lot of their love, joy, and peace either completely gone or seriously diminished in the Lord.
So the first thing each Christian must grab a hold of if faced with this kind of worst case scenario is that even though the criminal got caught, tried, convicted, and properly sentenced - that is just the beginning.
Where the real judgment will occur is when that person dies and crosses over to meet his Maker - God Almighty Himself! This person will then face his ultimate and final judgment for the serious wrong he has inflicted upon you - and this judgment may possibly get him thrown into the real hell for all of eternity!
All of the above is what I call the big picture. This is the real reality from God's point of view and perspective. Once you fully grasp and fully realize that God will eventually be judging each person that has seriously wronged you to any degree in this life - then you can truly let the matter go into His hands. It's finished as far as you are concerned! It’s a done deal!
This is why God tells us in the Bible to cast all of our cares and burdens upon Him - because it His job to take complete care of them for you and to right all of the wrongs where they do exist.
Sometimes God will right the wrong for you in this lifetime. The person who has wronged you will reap the consequences of his actions and God will make sure that those consequences hit him full force while he is still living down here on this earth.
Other times, this person will not face the eternal consequences of his actions until after he dies and comes before God for his own personal judgment. Some people will literally get away with cold-blooded murder in this life. The police or the criminal justice system will never catch them. However, their days are numbered in this life, and as soon as they die and cross over, they will all have to face God for their ultimate and final judgment.
It always amazes me that so many criminals think they can just live out this life doing whatever they want - and think they can actually get away with it because they have managed to evade the law for such a long period of time. Boy are they going to be in for a big surprise when they die and cross over and find out what is really waiting for them on the other side!
As a Christian, you have to step back and look at this big picture when you have been wronged, and realize that God will handle each of these wrongs and that true and final justice will eventually be granted to you - either in this life or the next to come.
However, even if you have grasped and believed in all of the above, you are still left with one more problem. You now know God will eventually be righting all of the wrongs ever done to you when it is all said and done. However, how do you get rid of the negative feelings that have settled in on you as a result of experiencing some of these vicious wrongs?
You know God does not want you carrying around feelings of hate, anger, wrath, bitterness, and depression. You keep telling yourself that you are not going to allow these types of feelings and emotions to have any part of you - but no matter how hard you try, you just can't seem to get any victory over them.
You can still feel these negative emotions rolling around down in your soul and spirit. These negative emotions and feelings continue to rob you of your joy, peace, and love for God and others. You have lost your zest for life and you just can’t seem to get it back - no matter how hard you try, no matter how many pep talks you give yourself, no matter how much you pray to God and talk to others about it, and no matter how many counselors you see.
You feel like you are carrying around a 50-pound anchor around your waist. Everything is a chore. Nothing brings you any happiness anymore. You hardly ever smile. These negative emotions are eating you up alive on the inside. You feel like you are a walking dead man - a zombie.
You are really trying to forgive the father who has sexually abused you during your childhood years – but you just can’t seem to really do it - no matter how hard you try. These negative feelings are like a "yoke" - they just seem to keep sticking to you on the inside.
The Bible talks about the "yoke of bondage." These negative feelings have you bound up and you can’t seem to break them off of you.
So what is the answer? How do you break these negative feelings off of you? There is only one way and that leads us to the second principle of this one-two punch - and that is the right cross - the power of the Holy Spirit!
2. The Power of the Holy Spirit
We as humans only have a certain amount of natural strength, not only within our natural physical bodies, but also within our souls and spirits where our intellect and emotions reside. Each person only has a limited amount of mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical strength at his disposal.
Some people can bounce back from adversity better and quicker than others. We have all seen that. However, we all have our breaking points, no matter how strong we think we are. We can only lift so much with our physical bodies - no matter how many steroids a bodybuilder may take.
We all have different levels of mental and emotional strength. Some are stronger in their minds than others. We see this mental strength in many of our professional athletes. Some of these athletes can do and accomplish things a normal person cannot do - not only because they are physically stronger, but also because they are mentally stronger. They don’t give up as quickly as someone else would. How many times have we seen professional athletes amaze us when in the heat of extreme adversity - they plow through on sheer will power and mental strength to achieve total victory?
Some are also stronger in their emotions than others. We can see this in the different ways people react to severe tragedy. Some can bounce back quicker - they don’t hold any grudges against anyone for the tragedy. Life is too short for them to dwell on the negative aspects of the tragedy and they prefer to press on with the rest of their life and let the past go. Others cannot do that as easily.
They can’t let the past go. They don’t have the emotional strength to get a grip on the negative emotions that have settled in on them. Before they know it, they are mired down into a depression and they are holding grudges against the wrongdoers and are mad at everything and everybody in the world. They can’t get over the negative feelings they are experiencing and before long - they have lost all of their joy and zest for living.
Too many Christians are in this second boat. They have been hit with some serious torpedoes and they can’t seem to get back up to start living again. The negative emotions that have set in on them are literally killing them!
Many in the medical profession believe that negative emotions can help lead to cancer and other various diseases and illnesses. Not only can these negative emotions kill you mentally, emotionally, and spiritually - but they can also lead to diseases and illnesses that can physically kill you.
To those Christians who can’t seem to get back up and get over the wrongs done to them by others - who don’t have enough mental, emotional, and spiritual strength within their own makeup to work these negative emotions out of themselves - there is only one answer for them.
And that answer is they simply have to go to God the Father in prayer and ask Him, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to remove all of the negative emotions that are eating them up alive. They have to tell God that they don’t have the strength within their own emotional and mental makeup and that they need His supernatural power to pull all of these negative emotions and feelings out of them.
If you go direct to God the Father with a sincere request to help you out with this kind of a dilemma - God will help deliver you from the bondage of these negative emotions and feelings. God will literally do "inner spiritual surgery" on you to help pull these negative emotions out of you.
This is a supernatural work done by the Holy Spirit Himself. Since the Holy Spirit is the One who lives on the inside of you - He is the One who will actually do the inner spiritual surgery to pull all of these negative emotions out of you. However, you first have to go to God the Father and ask Him to release this kind of deliverance power to you - which He will do through the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Bible tells us that the Holy Spirit is our Helper. He is there to help us out on anything that we may need His help on. And one of the things that He loves to get involved in is the transformation process - the sanctification process to make you into a better and more holy person - mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
When you ask God to take these kinds of negative emotions out of you - it can sometimes happen very quickly - possibly within seconds, minutes, days or weeks. Or it could take a bit longer, perhaps spread out over several months - which would be more of a progressive type healing. God is the Surgeon, so let Him decide how He wants to work this inner surgery and how long He wants to take to do it with you.
Once this inner spiritual surgery has been completed by the Holy Spirit, you will no longer feel these negative emotions. You will still have memory of the anger you may have felt against someone who has wronged you, but you will no longer feel that anger. God has miraculously and supernaturally removed the "feelings" of that emotion from you. This is what is called an inner healing.
So many Christians are mired down in depressions as a result of life’s torpedoes that have hit them. If they would only simply approach God the Father in sincere prayer and ask Him for His power to heal them on the inside - He would be more than happy to meet them all the way and clean them up on the inside. But these Christians are not getting this type of deliverance from God simply because they have never approached and asked Him specifically for this kind of deliverance.
The Bible says "You have not because you ask not." Many times, God will not move in with His deliverance power on your situation until you first ask Him to do so in prayer. Sometimes it really is that simple!
Too many Christians are running to psychologists, psychiatrists, and counselors, not to mention the drug store for their favorite tranquilizer or anti-depressant medication. The number one selling prescription drug for the year 2001 was anti-depressant medication! And I have to believe there were many Christians in that boat.
We as Christians have the greatest Counselor, the greatest Teacher, the greatest Deliverer, the greatest Healer living right there on the inside of us - the Holy Spirit! The Bible calls Him the "Counselor."
And not only are His services completely free, but the Holy Spirit is God and Lord Himself, and as God, He has maximum power to handle and deliver you from any problems that can come your way - whether they be mental, emotional, spiritual, or physical.
The Holy Spirit can also get at the root of your problems - especially when you get into the emotional realm of your being. He will pull these negative feelings out at the roots so they don’t keep coming back on you. Anti-depressants just cover or mask the problem. They never get at the root of the problem. The same with doctors and counselors. They can talk all day long about your problem - but they do not have God’s full supernatural power to literally pull these emotions out at their roots to bring about a full inner healing on these negative emotions.
Sometimes talking about your problems to counselors or others will help release a part of these negative emotions - but only the supernatural power of God can actually get at the real root of these problems and pull all it out at that root. Neither you, the doctors, or any type of drug can do this for you - only God can!
The above principle also applies to trying to forgive someone who has seriously wronged you. You know God wants you to forgive this person - but your feelings are not lining up with what is coming out of your mouth. You tell God you have forgiven this person, but yet you still feel the anger and the bitterness against this person.
What you do in this case is to tell God, with a confession out of your mouth, that you will forgive this person - even if your don’t really feel like you have forgiven this person within your feelings and emotions.
God will take and accept the confession out of your mouth that you have truly forgiven this person, even if your feelings are not lining up with this confession. But then you go to part two and ask God to take these feelings of unforgiveness out of you and He will do it just like He will do with your other negative emotions. All of a sudden, after a certain length of time, you will feel it on the inside of your heart and your spirit that you have now truly forgiven this person and that you are no longer holding any grudges or feelings of anger, bitterness, or resentment toward this person.
You have truly let this person go - knowing that his fate and the consequences of his actions are now fully in the hands of God. You are now free and you can now start fully living again. The Bible tells us that no one is fit for the kingdom of God if they keep looking back on their past and dwelling on it. The apostle Paul says that he forgets those things that are behind him and continues to press and reach forward for the things that now lie ahead of him.
The Bible tells us that Jesus has come to set the captives free - and one of the greatest areas of captivity for many of us is in our own minds. The Bible tells us that a man is as he thinks. In other words, you can become what you think. Your thought life, what you think about and dwell on, can make or break you in this life. This is why the Bible tells us that we are actually transformed by the renewing of our minds. You have to learn how to develop right thinking in your mind and thought process.
I’ll end this article with some good Scripture verses on all of the above points. Some of these verses have already been mentioned in some of my other articles, but for the sake of this article and the specific points being talked about, I will go ahead and state these verses once again due to the extreme importance of each of them.
The Scripture Verses
For those of you who are really battling with yourself on being able to get over the hurts and injustices of your past, really study and meditate on the following verses.
Jesus has already told us in His Word that His truth will set us free. But before His Word and truth can start to work to set you free, you have to know exactly what those truths are and then seek to understand them and then get them implimented into your way of thinking. These truths have to become a part of your right thinking in the Lord.The Scripture verses I will list below are given you Jesus' truths on this particular subject matter. These truths can work to set you free in this realm if you will do your part and assimilate these truths into your way of thinking in this life.
1. The Judgment of God
Here are several good verses showing us that we will all appear before the judgment seat of Christ after we die and cross over - no exceptions! Notice this first verse says that "every secret thing" and that "every work," whether it be good or evil, will be brought before God for His judgment.
Thus anyone who has unjustly wronged you in this life will have to answer to God when they face Him for their own personal judgment if that wrong has not been confessed and forgiven before they die. I believe all of these verses are literal interpretation and they mean exactly what they are saying!
- "For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether it is good or whether it is evil." (Ecclesiastes 12:13)
- "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad." (2 Corinthians 5:10)
- "And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account." (Hebrews 4:13)
If more people knew about these kinds of verses and the seriousness of each of these verses, more people would think twice before deciding to unjustly attack or hurt another person.
2. Letting Go of the Past
Here are two very good verses on God wanting us to let go of the things in our past and to continue to press forward to accomplish His perfect will and plan for our lives. The first verse is from the apostle Paul and the second verse is coming direct from Jesus Himself.
- "... but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead. I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)
- But Jesus said to him, "No one having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." (Luke 9:62)
Life is simply way too short to be wallowing in the hurts and injustices of your past. God will be righting all of the wrongs ever done to you in this life. This is why you can fully let go of your past and start fully living in your present again.
3. You Are What You think
Here is a short, but very powerful Scripture verse telling us that a man will become as he "thinks" in his heart. If you think and dwell on happy and positive type thoughts, then you will become a happy and positive type person. However, if all you do is think about and dwell on the negative side of this life, then you will become a negative and depressive type person where people will not want to even be around you. Here is the verse:
"For as he thinks in his heart, so is he." (Proverbs 23:7)
The Bible says that we are transformed by the renewing of our minds. We have to learn how to develop right thinking in our thought process. Our thought process does not control us - we control it! We can choose to decide what we want to think about and dwell on.
4. Sowing to the Flesh
According to the Bible, the people who have unjustly wronged you in this life are sowing to the flesh. They are sowing to the dark side of their personality as versus sowing to their spirits, which is their good side, when they unjustly wrong others for their own gain and profit.
This next verse specifically tells us that if these people sow to their flesh with these types of unjust actions against you, then they will eventually "reap corruption" - which is death. This verse tells us that God will not be mocked and they will literally reap what they have sown against you. Here it is:
"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life." (Galatians 6:7-8)
This verse gives us another reason to be able to let anyone go into the hands of God who has severely wronged us in this life. Sooner or later, they will all reap what they have sown - and for some of them - it will be eternal punishment in the most horrible place imaginable.
5. Unforgiveness and Loving Your Enemies
Here are three verses telling us that God wants us to forgive those who have wronged us, and for us to be able to love them, to do good to them, and to pray for them. This is a tall order, but it is possible with the help of the Holy Spirit guiding us in this.
"But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you ..." (Matthew 5:44)
This next verse tells us that not only are we not to hate anyone - but we are not to take any type of vengeance against someone who has wronged us. This verse also tells us that we are not to hold any grudges against anyone else and that we are to love others as we would love ourselves.
"You shall not hate your brother in your heart ... You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord." (Leviticus 19:17)
This next verse really warns us of the consequences of not fully forgiving others who have trespassed against us. When someone has unjustly wronged you, they have trespassed against you. In this verse, God tells us that if we do not forgive those who have trespassed against us, then He will not forgive us when we trespass against others.
"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (Matthew 6:14-15)
And if we don’t get God's forgiveness for our trespasses down here on this earth, then we will have to face Him for judgment for these trespasses when we die and cross over to meet Him face to face. This is truly a dire and strong warning from the Lord that we are not to carry any unforgiveness in our hearts toward anyone - no matter how bad they have wronged us.
6. Vengeance Belongs to the Lord
For those of you who have been seriously wronged and are contemplating some type of payback, some type of vengeful act against that person - look very closely at this next verse.
This verse tells us that we are not to repay evil with evil. In other words, God is telling us that any type of vengeful act that we try to take against someone who has wronged us will be considered an evil act on our part. And as such, we will have to face His judgment either in this life or in the next life for taking this vengeful act.
We are not allowed to take the law into our hands - either on earth or in heaven. Vengeance and payback belong to the Lord - not to us or anyone else who would like to try and get even for you!
I know there are some people who say they would kill others if anyone ever harmed any of their loved ones. But if you payback death with death, you will have to answer to God for your act of vengeance. This verse tells us to do just the opposite - to pay back evil, to overcome evil with goodness.
God will be the final Judge, Jury and Executioner on the evil someone may have done to you. This is His territory - not yours!
Here is a major power verse every single Christian really needs to grab a hold of if they have ever been seriously wronged or injured by the evil acts of another.
"Repay no one evil for evil ... live peaceably with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves ... for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him a drink ... Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 12:17-21)
Again, do not tempt your eternal fate with God the Father by attempting to take the law in your own hands if someone has viciously wronged either you or a close loved one.
The Bible says that murderers will not be entering into the kingdom of heaven - and that may include you if you decide to try and take another person's life as payback for something they may have done to either you or someone else in your family.
7. Judge Not
These next four verses are again strong warnings from the Lord that we are not to judge others, that judgment belongs to Him, and that we will all eventually be judged by God for all of our transgressions that have not been forgiven under the Blood of Jesus before we die.
- "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged ..." (Matthew 7:1)
- "Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." (Luke 6:37)
These next two verses are from the apostle Paul. He lays it out very clearly and very simply that we are to judge nothing before the time of God’s personal judgment on all of us. Paul says that God will bring to light all the hidden things of darkness when this judgment occurs and until it does, we are to go on living our lives trying to resolve what we can with our neighbor and live in harmony as best we can with him.
- "... but He who judges me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the heart ..." (1 Corinthians 4:4-5)
- "But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ ... So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block or a cause to fall in our brother’s way." (Romans 14:10-13)
Again, God the Father could not make things any more clear than by the way He has worded all of these verses. All of these verses are giving us major warnings in that we are to fully forgive all of our trespassers and that we are to let everyone go into the hands of God who has seriously or viciously wronged us in this life.
Conclusion
Until it is our time to depart from this life, each and everyone of us will have to put up with a certain amount of wrongs coming from other people. We have all been hit with these wrongs and will continue to be hit with them until we finally cross over to be with our Lord for all of eternity.
People are imperfect and many of them will choose to live their life out of their flesh - where their only concerns in this life is to get as much as they can, while they can, and not caring who they run over and hurt in the process. Some of these people are living their lives on a lower level than animals as their only goals in this life are for total and complete self-gratification of all their own needs and desires.
Until God finally prunes out all of these bad apples and we finally get the New Heaven and New Earth as foretold to us in the Book of Revelation, each one of us will have to handle these wrongs as they come to us.
For those of you who have taken some real shots in your past or possibly your present - just remember the big picture. God will eventually be judging all of these people for all of the wrongs they have ever done to anyone - including what they have personally done to you.
Until then, don’t let the actions of a few bad apples ruin the rest of your life with what little time you still have left. Life really is too short and you only have one chance to live this life to its fullest for the Lord. Make the most of what time you still have left. God will be evening out all of the scores when it is all finally said and done. There will eventually be true and final justice for all.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Spiritual Warfare Prayers
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Bind the Enemy from Interfering
Heavenly Father, we come before You, trusting in Christ's payment for us and we ask that You would bind and gag all evil spirits and forces of darkness in, near and around us, so that they may not interfere with us now. We acknowledge that You are the Ruler "Far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come." You have told us, in Your faithfulness, "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." We claim our position with You, through Your Grace and ask that as it is written, so it be done. In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ we ask and in faith we receive. Amen.
Breaking Curses, Spells and Incantations
Dear Heavenly Father, I come to You as Your child, born again, redeemed and washed in the blood of Jesus. I declare that You, Jesus, have redeemed me from the curse of the law having become a curse for me. I proclaim that I am a partaker of the inheritance of the saints of God. I give thanks unto You, Father, for delivering me from all the powers of darkness and translating me into the kingdom of your dear Son.
As one who is covered with the blood of Jesus, I here and now reject and disown all the sins, pacts, dedications, curses and occult selections of my ancestors or any relatives, specifically (name of person(s) responsible for the curse, if known), which has been passed on to me intentionally or unintentionally. In Jesus' name, Father, I ask to be redeemed and cleansed from all evil curses, incantations, dedications, spells, pacts and familiar spirits passed on to me from my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, ancestors, relatives or any other person, specifically (name of person(s) responsible, if known).
I now appropriate in my life, Jesus' work on the cross to free me from all curses. In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I now rebuke, break and loose myself and all my children or children to be, from all evil curses, charms, vexes, hexes, spells, incantations, jinxes, psychic powers, bewitchments, pacts, dedications or sorcery, that have been put on me or my family line or by any other person or persons, (person's name if known), or from any occult, cultic, satanic or psychic source. I declare that all these curses, dedications or pacts are null and void, in Jesus' name. I reject every way in which Satan may claim ownership of me and I command all these connected and related spirits to leave me now and never return, in Jesus' name. I declare that I am totally committed and completely signed over to my Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Breaking Satanic Dedication and Covenants
I renounce ever signing my name over to Satan or having my name signed over to Satan. I announce that my name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life. I renounce any ceremony where I may have been wed to Satan, and I announce that I am the Bride of Christ. I renounce all satanic assignments, covenants, pacts and dedications that I made with Satan, or that were made for me. I announce that I am a partaker of the new covenant with Christ.
I reject and renounce all curses and assignments made for me or by me for the service of Satan. (Stop here and renounce any specific pacts remembered.) I trust only in the shed Blood of my Lord, Jesus Christ and what He accomplished on the cross. I look to the Holy Spirit for guidance. I renounce all guardians and surrogate parents assigned to me by Satanists. I renounce all baptisms, rituals or teachings by Satanists. I announce that I have been baptized into Christ Jesus and my identity is now in Christ. I renounce and reject all demons and familiar spirits attached to any part of me, by Satanists. I reject all spirit guides assigned to me.
I announce that God is my Heavenly Father and the Holy Spirit is my guardian. By this, I am sealed until the day of my redemption. I accept only God's assignment for me. In Jesus name. Amen.
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Father, we come to You, covered in the Name and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We acknowledge that You are the ruler far above all principalities, mights, powers and dominions. In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ we ask that You would break all assignments, spells, curses, incantations, vows and other forms of harm set against (me, us, name of system or insiders affected) by (name or entity if you know it..)
In Jesus' Name we ask that You would cancel any such assignment and prevent all influences by forces of darkness. All evil spirits and forces of darkness allowed access through this assignment, we renounce you and all your works and all your ways in the Name of Jesus. I am a child of God and you are trespassers here. In Jesus' Name you are commanded to depart, never to return.
Father, we ask that You fill us with Your presence and bring light fully, setting darkness under Your feet. Thank You, in Jesus' Name we ask, in faith we do receive, Amen.
Cleansing Occult Participation
Dear Heavenly Father, I have confessed all these occult sins of seeking from Satan, the help that should come only from You. I repent of all these sins of occultism, idolatry and any oath I may have made to any false gods and ask to be forgiven. I repent for seeking aid, knowledge, power or comfort from the kingdom of darkness. I repent and renounce those occult sins and idolatry that I cannot remember. I close all doors or openings in my life to all occult and psychic practices and spirits of darkness. I ask You, Heavenly Father, to seal them with the precious shed Blood of Jesus Christ, never to be opened again. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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Confession & Deliverance From Specific Occult Sins
Dear Heavenly Father, I come before You and renounce all sinful, occult practices and idolatry of seeking information, knowledge, healing, comfort, identity or power from any occult, psychic or secret source.
I renounce ever reading books about the black arts, parapsychology, magic, satanic rituals, including the Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, the Satanic Bible, books on false religions, and other satanic books and writings.
I renounce all sins of divination, including: palm reading, fortune telling, tarot card reading, tea leaf reading, the crystal ball or crystal gazing, candle gazing, Ouija Board, ESP, telepathy, horoscopes, automatic hand writing or spirit writing, astrology, water divining, the rod and pendulum.
I renounce trance channeling, consulting familiar spirits, clairvoyance, communication with the dead, séances, consulting counselors from the spirit realm, consulting wizards, ascended masters, spirit guides, wise masters, fortune tellers, witches, shamans, mediums or spiritists.
I renounce all demonic, occult or psychic healing practices, including pow-wow healing, charming to heal, pendulum healing, magic healing, psychic healing, magnetism or Mesmerism.
I renounce all use of occult power, casting spells or witchcraft, voodoo, black and white magic, Santeria and other forms of local witchcraft.
I renounce magical or occult hypnosis, metaphysics or mind science, yoga, transcendental meditation, sorcery, astral projection and soul travel, table lifting or levitation, using pyramid power, mind control or mind manipulation, amulets and charms, power crystals and religious medals. I renounce heavy metal music, satanic rock and black rock, watching occult movies and all demonic role-play games, such as Dungeons and Dragons.
I renounce all secret oaths to pagan gods as part of initiation ceremony into organization, fraternities, sororities and other organization, which practice these ceremonies.
I renounce being involved in or in contact with secret lodges or societies such as Freemasonry and their organizations, the Eastern Star, Rosicrucians, Edgar Cayce's teachings and readings, Erhard Seminars Training (EST), Scientology, Eastern mysticism, Spiritism, Christian Science, Jehovah's Witness, Mormonism, Unitarians, The Way, Unification Church, Armstrongism, Worldwide Church of God, Philadelphia Church of God, the New Age and its practices or any religion or organization of an occult nature.
I renounce and repent of ever taking part in any of these practices or organizations. I ask You Father, to forgive and restore me, in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Confession of Faith and Position in Christ
Dear Heavenly Father, I acknowledge there is only one true and living God who exists as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I recognize Christ Jesus as the Son of the Living God, the Word that became flesh and dwelt among us.
Jesus, you are worthy to receive glory, honor and power for You have created all things and in You, all things have their being. Father God, You have proved Your love for me by sending your Son to die for me. When I accepted You, Jesus, as my Savior, I was saved by Your grace. This was a gift from You and not the results of any works on my part. I acknowledge that all my sins are forgiven in Christ. All charges that were against me were nailed to the cross and canceled; therefore, the devil has nothing with which to accuse me. You redeemed me from the kingdom of darkness, translating me to Your kingdom. Now I am made right with God. With You, Lord Jesus, I can do all things. When I was saved, your Holy Spirit came to live within me. I am conformed to the image of Your Son.
Jesus, You came to set the captives free, those bound by sin, psychic or occult powers. I declare that it is God's truths that will set me free. Jesus, You have all authority in heaven and on earth. You have conquered and disarmed all evil principalities and powers. You made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Now I am seated with You in heavenly places. Jesus, You have authority over Satan and all his demons and they are subject to You. I stand strong in You, Lord Jesus, and resist Satan and all his evil schemes. Jesus, I am covered and protected by Your precious Blood. Your spiritual weapons are mighty to tear down all strongholds of the enemy in my life. Jesus, bind and rebuke all evil spirits and powers of darkness that would seek to interfere with this time of ministry. I renounce all counterfeit gifts and works of Satan in my life. I take my position in Christ and declare that You, Jesus, are my Lord and my God. I look only to You, Jesus, as my deliverer and healer. You know all my special needs and concerns. I claim Your word which says, "All who call upon the name of the Lord shall be set free." I call on You now, Lord Jesus Christ, to set me free. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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Heavenly Father, we acknowledge that You are the Creator and Sustainer of all things, and that all we have is a gift from You. We ask now, in accordance with Your will for us, that you create for us (or whoever its for) a place of light and safety, so that they may come and fellowship with You, as Your children, in peace and truth. We ask Lord Jesus, that You would be present in it and protect us (or them). May this place of safety be used to draw others within, to You. " 'For I,' says the Lord, 'will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst' ". We ask that You would set angels from Your heavenly host to guard and protect it and us, according to Your Word, which says "For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone." Thank You for Your promises and presence, Father, for in Jesus' Name we ask, according to Your Word, and in faith we receive. Amen.
Dear Heavenly Father, I thank you for Your love and kindness toward me. It is Your kindness that has led me to repentance, turning from all my sins and turning to you.
I admit that I have not been kind, patient and loving to others when they have offended me. I have allowed bitterness and resentment to grow in me, separating me from others and You, Father. At times, I have forgotten this unforgiveness in my heart. This unforgiveness festers deep within me, at times beyond my conscious reach. This affects every aspect of my life and gives the enemy a right to torment me as stated in Matthew 18. I confess that this unforgiveness and bitterness is affecting my life and relationships today. Because of these past hurts, I acknowledge the inability to love or trust others.
I understand that forgiveness is not an emotion but an act of my will. I now choose to exercise my will to forgive others as You, Father, have forgiven me. Father, I know that You are a searcher of the heart. I ask You to search my heart. Reveal to me any hidden and secret unforgiveness or bitterness toward others that have hurt or offended me. I choose not to be ruled by a spirit of bitterness. I choose to forgive and have a spirit of peace and love in my heart. I repent, forgive and release these people right now.
I ask you, Heavenly Father, to forgive me and restore me as I forgive those who have offended me. Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would bring everything to our remembrance. Dear Holy Spirit, I am asking You to bring to my remembrance anyone I have to forgive and I will forgive them in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Lord Jesus, in obedience to Your Word, which instructs us to stand firm and resist the devil, we ask You to reveal to us all structures and entities in this place that are not grounded in truth. Shine Your light into the darkness here and make clear to us all illusions or false images created by the enemy or by own minds, Lord Jesus, and remove them. According to Your will, lead us into all truth and protect our mind from deception, so that we may serve You in all honesty, to Your glory. In Your Name Lord Jesus, the Name above all names, we ask these things and we receive them in faith. Amen.
We sometimes use this prayer for those inside who come to the Light. With any renunciation prayer, it's important that it's spoken out loud so that the enemy hears it, as well as Jesus. While reading it, dark ones around you may get angry and try to upset you. They may try to distract you, but it's important that you keep focused, don't skip any words and keep going till you reach the end.
Dear Lord Jesus, I am coming to You to ask for Your help. You are the only all-powerful and ever-present God. You are the head over all rule and authority and I know you came to set me free. Please protect me and guide me as I speak this prayer.
Lord Jesus, I believe You are the only Son of God. I accept your death on the cross as full payment to God the Father, for all my sins. I give my life, my self and my body to You, Lord Jesus. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Holy Spirit and lead me into all truth.
Because I have believed and confessed Jesus Christ as my Lord, I know that I am now a child of God, seated with Christ in the Heavenlies. In the name and authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, I order Satan and all evil spirits to release me and remain silent in my mind.
Lord Jesus, you Word states in 1 John 5:16 that "If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death." In accordance with this, I ask You to accept my confession not only for me, but on behalf of my alters as well.
Lord Jesus, I ask You to guard my heart and mind and to reveal to me any and all involvement I have had, either knowingly or unknowingly with cultic or occultic practices, false religions, and false teachers. (Make a list of any that come to your mind). I confess any satanic or occultic rituals I participated in, as well as those done by others on my behalf, including: (mention specifically those on your list). Having confessed these things, I ask You to forgive me, Jesus.
Lord Jesus, I ask You to guard my heart and mind at to reveal to me any times when my body has been used, with or without my permission, as an instrument of unrighteousness. (Make a list of any that come to your mind). I confess that my body was used as an instrument as unrighteousness and recognise such uses as sin. I renounce these acts (mention those on your list) and ask You, Lord Jesus to break all ties created through them, and all bondages satan has brought into my life by them. I now present my body to You, Jesus, as a living sacrifice, holy and blameless to You, and I thank You for cleansing and forgiving me.
I reject and disown all the sins of my ancestors. As one who has been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of Christ Jesus, I cancel all demonic working that has been passed on to me from my ancestors. I renounce all satanic assignments directed towards me and I cancel every curse that satan and his angels have put on me. I reject any and every way in which satan or his demons may claim ownership of me. I belong to the Lord Jesus Christ who purchased me with His own blood. I reject all other blood sacrifices and I announce that I am eternally and completely signed over to the Lord Jesus Christ and committed to do His will from this day foward.
In the Name of Jesus Christ, I renounce every one of the above sins and any sins like them. I turn away from them all and will do them no more. I totally renounce any past or present association with Satan, his angels or his works. I renounce any satanic rituals I may have said. I renounce all sexual immorality, all demonic assignments, all occult practices, satanism, and any master other than the Lord Jesus Christ. I renounce all pre-marital sex and all alcohol and drug abuse. I renounce any unforgiveness or bitterness I may hold against anyone. I renounce every sin that is against a Holy God and against His beloved Son, Jesus Christ.
Heavenly Father, I thank You that You have completely forgiven me. I acknowledge that the Lord Jesus took all my guilt and punishment for me, on the Cross and there is therefore no condemnation for me. I again cover myself in the blood of Christ, as my protection and ask You Jesus to fill me with Your Holy Spirit, lead me into all truth and empower me to live above sin. I commit myself to the renewing of my mind in order to prove that Your will is good, perfect and acceptable for me. All this I do in the Name and Authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
Dear Heavenly Father, Your word tells me in 1 Samuel 15:23, that rebellion is like the sin of witchcraft or divination, and that stubbornness is like the sin of idolatry. At times, I have sinned against You, Heavenly Father. I sinned by going my own way and doing what I wanted to do. These actions have opened the door for the enemy to have an entrance into my life, to harass and attack me. I now confess this rebellious spirit and humbly repent. I want peace and joy in my heart. Father, I choose to have a humble and obedient spirit. I reject Satan and all his works in my life and body. I ask You, dear Holy Spirit, to reveal to me any areas Satan has gained access to or any hidden rebellion in my heart. I do not want to give Satan any legal right to harass or torment me. I here and now choose to have a humble spirit and a servant's heart. In this time of ministry, by Your grace, I will accomplish whatever You have called me to do. I choose to walk in the light and I reject all rebellion. I CANCEL all rights the enemy claims concerning me. I claim the cleansing power of the Blood of Jesus over every area of my life and mind, in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Dear Heavenly Father, You have told me in Romans 13:14 to put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. I acknowledge that I have given in to the temptation to gratify the desires of my flesh. I understand that lust is saying, "I must have this at once." Much of this battle is in my mind and thought life. Because of my loneliness and inner pain at times, I have entertained lustful fantasies in my mind and thoughts. This only increased the desire to gratify my flesh. I ask You, Father, reveal to me any ways in which I have broken Your moral law and grieved the Holy Spirit.
Father, I am truly sorry. I acknowledge that all my sins are forgiven in Christ. I claim the blood of Jesus over me as my protection. I come before your presence to acknowledge these sins that I might be freed from the bondage of sin. I now confess these sins to You and claim through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ my forgiveness and cleansing. I repent and cancel all access to my life that evil spirits have gained through my willful involvement in sin. I claim the blood of Jesus over me as my protection and command them to leave me now in Jesus' name. I choose to walk by the guidance of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus' name. Amen.
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Dear Heavenly Father, Your word says that a proud and arrogant attitude goes before stumbling. I know that You hate a proud or arrogant spirit. I want to please You, Father. I do not want to stumble or bring trouble on myself and others. I know at times, in action and attitude, I have had a proud spirit. Because of my woundedness, I believed I knew what was best for me. In the past, I tried to run my life by my own power and resources. I have looked to my own intellect, ability and strength to solve my problems. Jesus, I have not denied myself, picked up my cross daily and followed You. Your word tells me that it is not by might, nor by power, but by Your Spirit that the victory comes. I have opened the door and given Satan a place in my life because of this spirit of pride.
I now repent of this pride. I also renounce this effort to be self-sufficient and not trusting or coming to You, Heavenly Father. I now come to You, humbling myself, and put my trust in Your mercy and love. It is Your kindness that has led me to repentance. I now CANCEL all ground or openings to Satan in my life. I PROCLAIM that I am covered with the blood of Jesus. I PROCLAIM that you, Satan, have no part in me or power over me. I am a child of God and the Holy Spirit is living within me. I hereby affirm my dependence on You, Father and the work of Your Holy Spirit. I ask You, dear Holy Spirit, for Your guidance, wisdom and power to renew my mind and walk according to the Spirit. I ask for Your grace to help me abide in Jesus and live a life pleasing to You. In Jesus name. Amen.
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This prayer is taken from Mark Bubeck's book The Adversary and was written by Dr Victor Matthews and lightly edited by Neil Anderson. It is heavy and the language and concepts may be triggering (d*m*ns, bl**d, s*t*n, cr*cif*xtion, s*cr*f*ce, t*mple etc.)
Heavenly Father, I bow in worship and praise before You. I cover myself with the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ as my protection during this time of prayer. I surrender myself completely and unreservedly in every area of my life to Yourself. I do take a stand against all the workings of Satan that would hinder me in this time of prayer, and I address myself only to the true and living God and refuse any involvement of Satan in my prayer.
Satan, I command you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to leave my presence with all your demons, and I bring the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ between us.
Heavenly Father, I worship You and I give You praise. I recognise that You are worthy to receive all glory and honour and praise. I renew my allegiance to You and pray that the blessed Holy Spirit would enable me during this time of prayer. I am thankful, Heavenly Father, that You have loved me from past eternity, that You sent the Lord Jesus Christ into this world to die as my subsitute that I would be redeemed. I am thankful that the Lord Jesus Christ came as my representative, and that through Him You have completely forgiven me; You have given me eternal life; You have given me the perfect righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ so I am now justified. I am thankful that in Him You have made me complete, and that You have offered Yourself to me to be my strength.
Heavenly Father, come and open my eyes so that I might see how great You are and how complete Your provision is for this new day. I do, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, take my place with Christ in the heavenlies with all principalities and powers (powers of darkness and wicked spirits) under my feet. I am thankful that the victory the Lord Jesus Christ won for me on the cross and in His resurrection has been given to me and that I am seated with the Lord Jesus Christ; therefore, I declare that all principalities and powers and all wicked spirits are subject to me in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I am thankful for the armour You have provided, and I put on the girdle of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, the sandals of peace and the helmet of salvation. I lift up the shield of faith against all the fiery darts of the enemy, and take in my hand the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, and use Your Word against all the forces of evil in my life; and I put on this armour and live and pray in complete dependence upon You, blessed Holy Spirit.
I am grateful, Heavenly Father, that the Lord Jesus Christ spoiled all principalities and powers and made a show of them openly and triumphed over them in Himself. I claim all that victory for my life today. I reject out of my life all the insinuations, the accusations, and the temptations of Satan. I affirm that the Word of God is true, and I choose to live today in the light of God's Work. I choose, heavenly Father, tho live in obedience to You and in fellowship with Yourself. Open my eyes and show me the areas of my life that would not please You. Work in my life that there be no ground to give Satan a foothold against me. She me any areas of weakness. Show me any area of my life that I must deal with so that I would please You. I do in every way today stand for You and the ministry of the Holy Spirit in my life.
By faith and in dependence upon You, I put off the old self and stand in all the victory of the crucifixion where the Lord Jesus Christ provided cleansing from the old nature. I put on the new self and stand in all the victory of the resurrection and the provision He has made for me to live above sin. Therefore, in this day, I put off the old nature with its selfishness, and I put on the new nature with its love. I put of the old nature with its fear and I put on the new nature with its courage. I put off the old nature with its weakness and I put on the new nature with its strength. I put off today the old nature with all its deceitful lusts and I put on the new nature with all its righteousness and purity.
I do in every way today stand into the victory of the ascension and the glorification of the Son of God where all principalities and powers were made subject to Him, and I claim my place in Christ victorious with Him over all the enemies of my soul. Blessed Holy Spirit, I pray that You would fill me. Come into my life, break down every idol and cast out every foe.
I am thankful, Heavenly Father, for the expression of Your will for my daily life as You have shown me in Your Word. I therefore claim all the will of God for today. I am thankful that You have blessed me with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. I am thankful that You have begotten me unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. I am thankful that You have made a provision so that today I can live filled with the Spirit of God with love and joy and self-control in my life. And I recognise that this is Your will for me, and I therefore reject and resist all the endeavours of Satan and of his demons to rob me of the will of God. I hold up the shield of faith against all the accusations and against all the insinuations that Satan would put in my mind.
I do, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, completely surrender myself to You, Heavenly Father, as a living sacrifice. I choose not to be conformed to this world. I choose to be transformed by the renewing of my mind, and I pray that You would show me Your will and enable me to walk in all the fullness of the will of God today.
I am thankful, Heavenly Father, that the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses, for destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and to bring every thought into obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore in my own life today I tear down the strongholds of Satan, and I smash the plans of Satan that have been formed against me. I tear down the strongholds of Satan against my mind and I choose to think my thoughts after You, blessed Holy Spirit. I affirm, heavenly Father, that You have not given me the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. I break and smash the stronghold of Satan formed against my emotions today, and I given my emotions to You. I smash the stronghold of Satan formed against my body today, and I give my body to You, recognising that I am Your temple; and I rejoice in Your mercy and Your goodness.
Heavenly Father, I pray that You would renew me with your life; show me the way that Satan is hindering and tempting and lying and counterfeiting and distorting the truth in my life. Enable me to be the kind of person that would please You. Enable me to be aggressive in prayer. Enable me to be aggressive mentally and to think Your thoughts after You, and to give You Your rightful place in my life.
Again, I now cover myself with the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and pray that You, blessed Holy Spirit, would bring all the work of the crucifixion, all the work of the resurrection, all the work of the glorification and all the work of Pentecost into my life today. I yield my life to You. I refuse to be discouraged. You are the God of all hope. You have proven Your power by resurrecting Jesus Christ from the dead and I claim in every way Your victory over all satanic forces active in my life and I reject these forces; and I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, with thanksgiving. Amen.
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